Holy Rosary School Derby

Welcome back to the new term. We have had a busy start to the term and lots of events happening across the term for all our year levels.

Our teachers finished the end of last term leaning about a new writing program that we are going to implement across the school. The program is called Talk 4 Writing and uses oral language to support writing ideas and the development of those ideas in the writing process. Teachers have begun implementing the strategies so we look forward to seeing some great writing development of the rest of the year.

A big thank you to Miss Margaret for organising our MAGIC Day Liturgy, Miss Brooke and Mr Griffin for organising the morning tea, activities and the stall. Thank you to all the MAGIC ladies that joined us on Thursday 8th May to celebrate the loving, caring and kindness that you share with the young people in your care.

Looking forward to a busy and eventful Term Two.

God Bless.

Miss Melanie

We were saddened at the passing of Pope Francis shortly after Easter and remember him as a kind, humble and deeply compassionate man and leader of the Catholic Church. Our prayers are with the Cardinals as they decide on the next leader of our Church, which will be announced in the coming weeks.

On Thursday 8th May, we celebrated the wonderful women in the lives of our students. We commenced the morning with a liturgy, beautifully prepared by Miss Margaret. After our liturgy, our MAGIC women visited classrooms and shared in some special activities prepared by the students. Morning tea was held in the Multi-purpose Room with lots of yummy food shared with the MAGIC women and their special little people. Thanks to Sam from Betta who drew the winners of our MAGIC Day raffle. The winners were;

First Prize - Zarah

Second Prize - Frankie

Third Prize - Caelan

Check out some of the pictures from the event. Keep an eye on the Holy Rosary Facebook page a little later in the week for further pictures of the day.

Thank you to all the special women who attended, we love sharing how much we appreciate all that you do each and every day!

It is with great sadness that we share that Mr Tony has recently passed away. Mr Tony was a past teacher and principal at Holy Rosary and is fondly remembered by many within the community of Derby. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Treacy family during this difficult period.

On Friday 16th May we will be having a Wear Red to School event to raise funds for the Heart Foundation. All students from 3K to Year 6 are encouraged to wear red to school and donate a gold coin to raise funds to support research. Many families are impacted by heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, or other heart related issues across the Kimberley so a great opportunity for our little community to raise some money to support research to find cures.

Our Cross-country carnival will be held on Thursday 15th May, with Miss Alexis organising. There will be a slight change to our carnival this year, where we will be timing our students as they compete. The West Kimberley PE Network have implemented qualifying times for students to compete at the Inter-school level so this year we will need to record times.

We are offering before school training to support this change to help build the students' fitness and ability to run the distances required. We encourage as many students as possible to attend this training so that they have the best chance to represent Holy Rosary at the inter-school level. Breakfast will be supplied for students who attend trainings so that they do not need to eat before running.

Please ensure that the school is supplied with a current medical action plan for your child, if they need one. Parents are required to provide the school with a new plan at the start of each school year.

It is essential for Health Care Card holders to complete the necessary form immediately to be eligible for the school fee discount. Please come into the Admin to provide details at the start of the new school year.

All Health care Cards MUST be current so if yours has expired please come in and provide the updated details to Miss Jenna in Admin.

Term 2, 2025

Thur 15th May - HRS Cross-Country Carnival

Fri 16th May - Assembly (Yr 2/3 presenting)

Fri 16th May - Wear Red to School Fundraiser event

Tues 27th May - 12pm Early close Parent/Teacher Interviews

Mon 2nd June - Public Holiday

Thurs 5th June - West Kimberley Inter-school Cross-Country Carnival (Broome)

Thurs 19th June - Football/Netball Carnival (Derby) TBC

Mon 30th June - Fri 4th July - NAIDOC Week Activities

Please note dates and events may change over the term

Calendar

The School Advisory Council welcomes any families interested. Expressions of interested currently being accepted in the Admin for any family wishing to join.

Don't forget to join our Holy Rosary Facebook page for latest updates of the great things happening at school each week.

Email: admin@hrsderby.wa.edu.au
Website: https://hrsderby.wa.edu.au
Location: 99 Loch Street, Derby WA, Australia
Phone: 9161 7200